
Tag: United States


Civil Rights And The View From Capitol Hill – June, 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room
Civil Rights Legislation For 1957 – American Forum – NBC Radio – June 9, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Civil Rights. A subject bubbling under the radar around Capitol Hill for quite some time. In the 1940s, President Truman enacted legislation to integrate the Armed Forces, which were

FDR Addresses The Boy Scouts Of America 1937 – Presidents Being Presidential
President Roosevelt – Addresses The Boy Scouts Of America – 27th Annual Jamboree – February 8, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A reminder of past Presidents and The Boy Scouts of America – this one, FDR broadcasts an invitation to the 27th annual Scout Jamboree in 1937: FDR:

Stan Kenton Mini-Concert 1953 – Past Daily Downbeat
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra – Mini-Concert from The Casino at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire – July 21, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Stan Kenton this week. At a time when Big Bands were on the wane, Sten Kenton, with his New Concepts In Rhythm and full 20-piece

Bram Tchaikovsky In Concert – 1978 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Bram Tchaikovsky – live from The Paris Theatre, London – October 28, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series Bram Tchaikovsky (real name: Peter Bramall), formerly with The Motors who joined the band in 1977 and left the band in 1978 to strike out on his own. Teaming up

July 18, 1988 – Democrats Party Down In Atlanta – Ceasefire Gets Thumbs Up In Iran-Iraq War
July 18, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 18, 1988 – A day starting with optimism. In Tehran, surprise word came from Government officials that they had tentatively accepted a UN agreement for a cease-fire in the almost decade old Iran-Iraq War. The

President Eisenhower Gives A Press Conference – July 6, 1955
President Eisenhower News Conference – July 6, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Eisenhower gives a news conference. This one, from July 6, 1955 was his 73rd since taking office. No Press Secretaries, no spokespeople, nobody running flack – President Eisenhower taking and answering questions on a variety

Claudio Arrau With Horst Stein And The Berlin Philharmonic In Music Of Berlioz, Weber, Strauss And Hindemith 1982 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Berlin Philharmonic – Horst Stein, guest Cond. – Claudio Arrau – piano – BPO Centenary season 1982 – Part 1 – RIAS Berlin Philharmonic – Horst Stein, guest Cond. – Claudio Arrau – piano – BPO Centenary season 1982 – Part 2 – RIAS More history this week, by way

July 10, 1978 – A Dissident On Trial In Moscow – Anatoly Sharansky Faces Death Sentence
July 10, 1978 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 10, 1978. News for this day was about trials in Moscow. The world expected two Dissidents to go on trial. Instead, there were four. Jewish dissident Anatoly Sharansky declared he was innocent of all charges brought

July 6, 1974 – Nixon Heads To Moscow – Kissinger Heads To Rome – Opium Poppies Bloom Again In Turkey
July 6, 1974 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 6, 1974 – Nixon and The Moscow Summit. A month before his unprecedented resignation, President Nixon went to Moscow to meet with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev to discuss a range of issues